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The World Bank Group takes as its starting point that no country, community, or economy can achieve its potential or meet the challenges of the 21st century without the full and equal participation of women and men, girls and boys.
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 Resource Guide: Violence Against Women and Girls
 
 Inclusive Resilience in South Asia
 
 eLearning: Introduction to Gender and Disaster Risk Management
 
 Engendering ICT Toolkit
 
 
Gender and Cities Knowledge Resources
21 publications in total

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Women, Business and the Law 2021

  • Country/ City
    World
  • Topic
    Gender, Financing, Policy and Governance
  • Published On
    February 23, 2021
  • Author(s)
    The World Bank
  • Abstract

    • Women, Business and the Law 2021

    Women, Business and the Law 2021 is the seventh in a series of annual studies measuring the laws and regulations that affect women’s economic opportunity in 190 economies. The project presents eight indicators structured around women’s interactions with the law as they move through their careers: Mobility, Workplace,  Pay, Marriage, Parenthood, Entrepreneurship, Assets, and Pension.

Inclusive Resilience : Inclusion Matters for Resilience in South Asia

  • Country/ City
    EAP
  • Topic
    Disaster Risk Management, Climate Change, Gender
  • Published On
    January 27, 2021
  • Author(s)
    The World Bank
  • Abstract

    • Inclusive Resilience : Inclusion Matters for Resilience in South Asia

    South Asia is one of the region’s most vulnerable to the impacts of natural hazards, particularly climate-induced extremes. The frequency and intensity of climate-induced hazards are projected to increase in the coming years, threatening the safety of households and communities, their livelihoods, and the development gains they have achieved. Further, disasters and climate change events have differential impacts on those who are socially excluded or marginalized.

Inclusion Matters in Africa

  • Country/ City
    AFR
  • Topic
    Gender, Economic and Social Development, Policy and Governance
  • Published On
    December 14, 2020
  • Author(s)
    Maitreyi Bordia Das , Sabina Anne Espinoza
  • Abstract

    • Inclusion Matters in Africa

    Africa today is under a global spotlight for its many achievements and its dynamism, but also for its substantial challenges. Poverty has declined; human development outcomes have improved; and dynamic social movements are helping to transform communities and bringing attention to stigmatized issues and peoples. Technological innovation has spread to many remote areas. New policies and programs across the continent have highlighted the importance of social inclusion.

Handbook for Gender-Inclusive Urban Planning and Design

  • Country/ City
    World
  • Topic
    Urban Planning, Urbanscaping, Landscaping, Gender
  • Published On
    December 02, 2020
  • Author(s)
    Horacio Terraza, Maria Beatriz Orlando, Carina Lakovits, Vanessa Lopes Janik, Anna Kalashyan
  • Abstract

    • Handbook for Gender-Inclusive Urban Planning and Design

    Urban planning and design quite literally shape the environment around us — and that environment, in turn, shapes how we live, work, play, move, and rest.

Gender Dimensions of the COVID-19 Pandemic (English)

  • Country/ City
    World
  • Topic
    COVID-19, Gender
  • Published On
    April 16, 2020
  • Author(s)
    The World Bank
  • Abstract

    • Gender Dimensions of the COVID-19 Pandemic (English)

    Experiences from previous pandemics and large-scale shocks show that these crises often affect men and women differently. Specifically, the effectiveness of policy actions and the prevention of costly reversals in the progress achieved towards greater gender equality will crucially depend on how gender considerations are reflected in the examination of potential impacts of and responses to COVID-19.
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